, decades to century) transitions between build‐up and other land cover types due to urbanization and de‐urbanization have not been examined in the literature.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• La Ville Stationnaire Book Review. Arguments for a Change of Paradigm in Urban Development (2024) · doi

  However, the authors argue that the objectives of the law are insufficient and propose even more drastic measures to reduce the environmental impact of towns and cities, in order to severely limit the possibility of building on land that has not previously been artificialised and without the currently allowed alternative of ecological compensation.

  Keywords: authors argue objectives insufficient propose even drastic measures reduce environmental impact towns cities order severely
• Evaluating land policy outcomes in emerging built urban form. A covariational geospatial approach (2026) · doi

  While many national governments implement land policies to pursue specific objectives, the actual outcomes in built urban form often remain scarcely evaluated, thus challenging the effectiveness and legitimacy of these policies in pursuit of urban sustainability objectives.

  Keywords: policies objectives urban national governments implement land pursue specific actual outcomes built form often remain
• Exploring historical and future urban climate in the Earth System Modeling framework: 1. Model development and evaluation (2016) · doi

  , decades to century) transitions between build‐up and other land cover types due to urbanization and de‐urbanization have not been examined in the literature.

  Keywords: urbanization decades century transitions build land cover types examined literature